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Great question! Usually it's a short enough statement that you can keep it front and center without much effort. Wherever you list the Project Title you can put the purpose in parentheses. If you are conducting a team meeting external stakeholders, that's a good opportunity to restate the purpose and…

The team lead should develop the purpose statement with the team and put that right in the Business Case Section of the Project Charter. Once the team feels good about the purpose, then the team should share their Charter with the Sponsor/Champion. Sponsors/Champions are responsible for relaying the project purpose…

Maximum time? No, it depends on the speed of the improvement effort. It's a good practice to plan another coaching session before the session is over. Then, there can be an estimate from the practioner or coachee of when they'll need it.

No not necessarily, although it is recommended! It's always nice to have an overview of problem-solving. But if you are more focused on A3, you can always take the A3 Training Single Module if you'd like!

There are different methods for discussing your project. One is an A3. Another is your Green Belt storyboard which could be more slides. The A3 is a one-page summary of the improvement and should be used appropriately to gain consensus and agreement with teams. A Project Charter and Storyboard are…

It depends on the complexity of the project. The more complex, the more slides and vice versa. I would try to shoot for around 20 slides and add in more if you think a key piece of the story has been left out.

Use your charts and graphs to showcase "Before and After" data. The one that does the best job either a Run Chart or a Control Chart. Use the same Y axis scale and put the graphs side by side to show a shift in the median. Box Blots are good…